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Top 5 actions of 2019

December 23, 2019 By
The snow is falling (at least at my house in St. Louis), the holiday music is blaring, the department stores and the internet have fully activated their best ads. The new ads and creativity are great marketing strategies designed to ...

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Maxtima and Navicon Intrinsic: New fungicides to help superintendents

November 7, 2019 By
Clark Throssell interviews Renee Keese, Ph.D. Keese is a biology R&D project leader in turf and ornamentals for BASF. She leads numerous field trials every year on new and commercially available active ingredients for use in turf. You may reach ...

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7Up and the early buying season

November 7, 2019 By
When I was sick growing up, my mom would make me drink 7Up. She thought it had medicinal properties and would take care of my ills. 7Up, which I now find at my grocery store on the bottom shelf of ...

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Fending off Jack Frost

November 7, 2019 By
Being cold is the worst, but even a dummy like me has learned that if you dress appropriately, you can keep that miserable fella Jack Frost in check. I’ve become obsessed with cold-weather gear, particularly since the technology to keep ...

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Standing still? Time to double down

November 7, 2019 By
All of us, at some point in our personal and professional lives, will experience a brain cramp. In our professional careers, given the variety and amount of work turfgrass professionals have to manage, it happens so often you’d wonder how ...

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Keeping up with the Jones: Talking mental health at home plate

November 7, 2019 By
I was on my way to New Hampshire to play in the NHGCSA Gold Ball Tournament. I was happy to be paying off a contest won almost a year ago by the New Hampshire chapter. All I had to do ...

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